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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 6h

Great visual storytelling via @NBAFrance on the league's French cohort as it prepares to tipoff its 80th season. Nods to Parker, Diaw & Fournier too.

🏀📚 This real-life impact is chronicled in my book #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA & WNBA www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight

Merci bcp Dr Yann Descamps for visiting w/my NYU Applied Research class to share your Paris2024 research, that on stereotypes in video games, views from France and a historian’s more dispassionate reading of today’s global sports world. Greatly appreciated!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

That's why I'm excited to also teach #sportsdiplomacy at New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sport, training up the next generation of sports industry pros in its foundations and uses / End

www.sps.nyu.edu/faculty-dire...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

For sports diplomacy is about much more than hosting or programming 👉 It is a people project that can also be a strategy, a policy, a leadership and engagement tool, or a storytelling prism, whether used by governments or stakeholders throughout the global sports world www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com

Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff

Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff is a global sports and communications expert who helps people tell their stories in more meaningful ways to international audiences, often tapping into the powerful tool of spor...

www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

Whether wearing my “hat” as an educator, speaker, consultant, or writer, I help people be more effective communicators across the international arena through this unique prism.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

This savoir faire has informed a career that’s provided a front row seat to sports diplomacy's evolution, experiencing first-hand how it serves as a type of Swiss Army Knife in international and sports relations.

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

🇫🇷 🇺🇸 sporting relations with the United States’ oldest ally via the #FranceAndUS project
www.franceussports.com

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

🏀🌍 hoops diplomacy in Africa, beyond the NBA-FIBA Basketball Africa League, and how basketball can lead the way in a growing African sports economy
www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/bballdipaf-hub

Basketball Diplomacy Africa Hub — Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff

The historic nature of the 12-team Basketball Africa League (BAL) provides a foundational moment to address pan-African identity, culture, and more. “Basketball Diplomacy in Africa: An Oral History fr...

www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

That success has enabled football's use building “Brand France” and other sports diplomacy endeavors.

🗞️ My media work expands on this foundation, through the 2018 World Cup win 🏆 and 2019 World Cup host 🏟️ to the forthcoming FIFA 2026 campaign www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/10...

Football (Soccer) Media Work — Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff

Since the 2013 publication of The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010 (Lexington Books), France won FIFA 2018, contested the FIFA 2022 final, and hosted FIFA 2019. Here is my collected med...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

⚽️ French football, from its historic place within society to its late 20th & 21st century renaissance

📚 my first book The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010 provides the backbone www.bloomsbury.com/us/making-of...

The Making of Les Bleus

The Making of Les Bleus traces the Fifth Republic’s quest to create elite athletes in two global team sports, football and basketball, primarily at the yo…

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

🏀 how France became a basketball breeding ground and leading pipeline of talent to the #NBA and #WNBA thanks to generations of sports diplomacy with the United States.

📚My book #BasketballEmpire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA has more insights www.bloomsbury.com/us/basketbal...

Basketball Empire

The National Basketball Association (NBA), founded over 75 years ago, is staging a 21st century takeover. Watched in 215 countries and territories worldwide, an…

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

I've helped build out the sports diplomacy field, using my work on basketball and football (soccer) to unpack different aspects illuminated by sports diplomacy, including ⬇️

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 8d

A Little (Re)Introduction
👋 Hello, I’m Lindsay, a #sportsdiplomacy expert and scholar-practitioner on a mission to help others better understand, engage, and communicate through this powerful framework 🧵

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Sep 9

I was wondering when someone would move to try to keep them in CT… or New England at the very least.

Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou.bsky.social · Sep 8

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to the WNBA warning it to stay out of negotiations between the Mohegan tribe and potential new ownership groups for the Sun, and that "attempts... to block efforts to keep the Sun in CT could violate federal antitrust laws."

www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Senator warns WNBA to stay out of Sun sale talks

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the WNBA on Monday warning the league to stay out of negotiations between the Mohegan tribe and prospective new ownership groups for the Connect...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Sep 7

Me watching the 4th quarter of this France vs Georgia EuroBasket knockout match (it’s a 3pt game with 6:50 left)

kermit the frog is looking at a green object

ALT: kermit the frog is looking at a green object

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight

Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.

Learn more 🙌 www.franceussports.com/voices/060-c...

🥋0️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ Clarisse Agbegnenou — FranceAndUs

Meet Clarisse Agbegnenou, an elite judoka and Olympic champion whose fighting spirit on and off the tatami mat is a masterclass in resilience, from France to the United States and beyond.

www.franceussports.com

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Sep 4

RIP Giorgio Armani, fashion designer and friend of basketball extraordinaire

Fun fact: I worked at his flagship NYC store during grad school, where among the many valuable things I learned is the art of the fold.

baskonistas.com @baskonistascom.bsky.social · Sep 4

Olimpia Milano, baloncesto de alta costura… hace más de 10 años escribí sobre el histórico club lombardo y su propietario Giorgio Armani.

www.baskonistas.com/olimpia-mila...

Olimpia Milano, baloncesto de alta costura

Giorgio Armani convirtió su apoyo en algo más que un importante patrocinador para Olimpia Milán

www.baskonistas.com

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations Alyssa, what wonderful news!

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Leander **PRE-ORDER THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨🚨You can now pre-order my book, THE LONG GAME, on the United States men's national soccer team and its messy rise from total international irrelevance to, well, TBD!🚨🚨

I spoke to ~150 players/coaches/etc. and got fresh stories and unprecedented access!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...

The Long Game by Leander Schaerlaeckens: 9780593653876 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The gripping account of the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026. For almost half a century,...

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Aug 31

Ohhh I love this film!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Aug 30

He had a great game today

Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Aug 30

Really enjoying this France v Slovenia EuroBasket match Allez les Bleus!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣 Fridays 👉 #SportsDiplomacy Spotlight

While you were on vacation, the hoops world was hard at work. With all eyes on EuroBasket 2025 and its NBA stars, here’s a repub of my 2015 book review of "Le Continent Basket"

www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com/news/2025/8/...

@beastofberglund.bsky.social

A history of basketball's European growth and development — Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff

While you were on vacation, the basketball world was hard at work. Across the globe, FIBA tournaments were played or prepared for as countries vie for national bragging rights. Now, with all eyes on E...

www.lindsaysarahkrasnoff.com

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Aug 26

Such a great idea!!

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Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · Aug 24

👀 Following along as Guerschon takes the mantle of Team France captain after long tenures by Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw

KeithSmithNBA @keithsmithnba.bsky.social · Aug 24

NBA players on EuroBasket 2025 rosters:

Italy
🏀Simone Fontecchio

Spain
🏀Santi Aldama

France
🏀Guerschon Yabusele
🏀Bilal Coulibaly
🏀Zaccharie Risacher
🏀Alex Sarr

Israel
🏀Deni Avdija

Slovenia
🏀Luka Doncic

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